Like Mother, Like Daughter/ like mother like daughter/ like father like son (כְּאִימָּה בִּתָּהּ, כְּאֵם כֵּן בִּתָּהּ, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הָאֵם כָּךְ מַעֲשֵׂה הַבַּת)

Like Mother, Like Daughter/ like mother like daughter/ like father like son

The daughter resembles her mother in appearance or behavior. The mother's behavior influences the daughter's behavior. "The apple does not fall far from the tree."

("Behold, everyone who rules over you will say of you: 'Like mother, like daughter'" - Ezekiel 16:44; and also: "Like mother, like daughter... as the mother so the daughter..." - Jerusalem Talmud, Sanhedrin 2:6; and also: "People say: Rachel follows after Rachel, like the deeds of the mother are the deeds of the daughter" - Ketubot 63a; and also: "For if she escapes from the pit and falls into the abyss, for as is the woman, so is her daughter..." - Abraham Mapu, Ayit Tzavua, 14)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כְּאִימָּה בִּתָּהּ, כְּאֵם כֵּן בִּתָּהּ, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הָאֵם כָּךְ מַעֲשֵׂה הַבַּת

Definition (Hebrew)

הַבַּת דּוֹמָה לאִמָּה בַּמַּרְאֶה אוֹ בַּהִתְנַהֲגוּת. הִתְנַהֲגוּת הָאֵם מַשְׁפִּיעָה עַל הִתְנַהֲגוּת הַבַּת. "הַתַּפּוּחַ אֵינוֹ נוֹפֵל רָחוֹק מֵהָעֵץ".

("הִנֵּה כָּל הַמֹּשֵׁל עָלַיִךְ יִמְשֹׁל לֵאמֹר כְּאִמָּה בִּתָּהּ"- יְחֶזְקֵאל טז מַד, וְכֵן:"כְּאִמָּהּ בִּתָּהּ כַּדּוּר כֵּן הַנָּשִׂיא כְּנָשִׂיא כֵּן הַדּוֹר כְּמִזְבַּח כְּהַנְּיוּ כָּהֲנָא אָמַר כֵּן כְּגַנָּתָהּ כֵּן גָּנְנָה (לְפִי הַגַּן הַגַּנָּן)"- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי סַנְהֶדְרִין ב, ו, וְכֵן:"אוֹמְרִין הַבְּרִיּוֹת: רְחֵלָה אַחַר רְחֵלָה הוֹלֶכֶת, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה הָאֵם כָּךְ מַעֲשֵׂה הַבַּת" - כְּתֻבּוֹת סג ע"א, וְכֵן:"כִּי אִם נִמְלֶטֶת מִשֹּׁד וְתִפֹּל אֶל שַׁחַת, כִּי כְּאִשָּׁה כֵּן בִּתָּהּ יָפוֹת הֵן, וְהַכֶּסֶף יַעֲנֶה אֶת הַכֹּל"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ ,14)

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